Badebhai Sahab by Premchand
Directed By Naseerudin Shah
This tale of two brothers, narrated in the first person by the younger (the carefree, irresponsible but unknowingly brilliant one) about his older sibling, (the dour, studious but irredeemable mediocre one) is a study of contrasts of many kinds: a contrast of mindsets and approaches to life: a contrast of tradition and modernity, and a contrast of natural brilliance and natural dullness.
No sides are taken by the writer in this hilarious study of two people who should be alike in every way, but are obviously touched by different stars.
Chhote Bhai - Vivaan Asad Shah
Bade Bhai - Faisal Rashid
Shatranj ke Khiladi by Premchand
Directed By Naseerudin Shah
This delicious satire set in the days just prior to 1857, about two indulgent feudal lords obsessed with the game of chess at the cost of everything else, personal or political, has uncanny echoes of the modern apathy of most of us.
The fate that catches up with these decadent gentlemen is one which probably awaits all those who refuse to be drawn into taking a stand about anything except their own misguided sense of pride.
Mirza - Rakesh Chaturvedi
Meer - Manoj Pawha
Sankraman (The Circle of Life) By Kamtanath
Most of us on hitting middle age, are often startled by memory flashes of or own parents and by how similar to them we have unconsciously begun to sound or look or behave. The realization that we could not possibly have been any other way is sometimes bitter, and always inevitable. The writer has perceptively captured this remorseless circle of life in which all of us are caught. These three pungent, straight-from-the-heart points of view of a man, his wife and their son are set in a middle class home of Uttar Pradesh, but are representative of parents and progeny everywhere.
Pita - Naseeruddin Shah
Putr - Rakesh Chaturvedi
Maa - Seema Pawha
Courtesy: Handouts at the venue
I am still reeling under the heady effect of these plays. Humour has the capability and the elan to say the truth as it is. Such a narration of the truth doesn't seem to ruffle any feathers.
To realize how I could see a clear glimpse of myself in each character, though, through the glaze of humour, the impact of the realization lessened. However, the truths of who we are can never be escaped from.
With passage of time, we all would like to believe that we are evolving. The tough question we need to ask ourselves is: Are we?
Words fail me currently to say what I want to. An Experience sometimes can just be, well, experienced.
Directed By Naseerudin Shah
This tale of two brothers, narrated in the first person by the younger (the carefree, irresponsible but unknowingly brilliant one) about his older sibling, (the dour, studious but irredeemable mediocre one) is a study of contrasts of many kinds: a contrast of mindsets and approaches to life: a contrast of tradition and modernity, and a contrast of natural brilliance and natural dullness.
No sides are taken by the writer in this hilarious study of two people who should be alike in every way, but are obviously touched by different stars.
Chhote Bhai - Vivaan Asad Shah
Bade Bhai - Faisal Rashid
Shatranj ke Khiladi by Premchand
Directed By Naseerudin Shah
This delicious satire set in the days just prior to 1857, about two indulgent feudal lords obsessed with the game of chess at the cost of everything else, personal or political, has uncanny echoes of the modern apathy of most of us.
The fate that catches up with these decadent gentlemen is one which probably awaits all those who refuse to be drawn into taking a stand about anything except their own misguided sense of pride.
Mirza - Rakesh Chaturvedi
Meer - Manoj Pawha
Sankraman (The Circle of Life) By Kamtanath
Most of us on hitting middle age, are often startled by memory flashes of or own parents and by how similar to them we have unconsciously begun to sound or look or behave. The realization that we could not possibly have been any other way is sometimes bitter, and always inevitable. The writer has perceptively captured this remorseless circle of life in which all of us are caught. These three pungent, straight-from-the-heart points of view of a man, his wife and their son are set in a middle class home of Uttar Pradesh, but are representative of parents and progeny everywhere.
Pita - Naseeruddin Shah
Putr - Rakesh Chaturvedi
Maa - Seema Pawha
Courtesy: Handouts at the venue
I am still reeling under the heady effect of these plays. Humour has the capability and the elan to say the truth as it is. Such a narration of the truth doesn't seem to ruffle any feathers.
To realize how I could see a clear glimpse of myself in each character, though, through the glaze of humour, the impact of the realization lessened. However, the truths of who we are can never be escaped from.
With passage of time, we all would like to believe that we are evolving. The tough question we need to ask ourselves is: Are we?
Words fail me currently to say what I want to. An Experience sometimes can just be, well, experienced.
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